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"She turned her can'ts into cans and her dreams into plans."

Her disability is what led her to her ultimate passion.

Welcome to Mamamia’s art endeavour, the Voulez-Vous Project. Every week we celebrate emerging artists, designers, illustrators, creators and women who knit using their vaginas. (Kidding. Maybe.)

Our aim: to help the internet become a slightly more beautiful, captivating, or thought-provoking place by making art accessible.

To find out more about the Voulez-Vous project, click here. Click here to see all the previous Voulez-Vous posts.

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Jennifer Corbett-Cox is an inspiring person.

Not only does she have a natural talent for recreating landscapes with her paintbrush that seem as if a rainbow is bleeding colours to the soil, she has already proven that she can overcome adversity in her 30 years of living.

The artist developed a disability in her mid-twenties and it was this that really inspired her to work hard and achieve her creative goals. Now? She is both an art teacher and a professional artist, whose work is sold around the world.

And for good reason.

“She has a natural talent for recreating landscapes with her paintbrush that seem as if a rainbow is bleeding colours to the soil.”

 

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Jennifer spoke to me about the creative process behind her work, saying that experimentation is at the forefront of her mind every time.

“When creating my art I like to experiment with different mediums and techniques,” she said.

“I use many different mediums either individually or within a mix media piece.  I have a loose style when painting or drawing, similar in style to that of the Impressionist painters. The subjects of my artwork focuses mainly on landscapes and city scapes, still life, flora and fauna and pets.”

Related: The Voulez-Vous Project: “I breathe in life and breathe out art.”

And as for her inspiration? She lives in Tasmania and says she is constantly inspired by the hidden beauty there.

“This inspiration has led to the ‘A Tour of Tasmania’ collection, which encompasses imagery from all over Tasmania and is continuing to grow as I find new places to draw,” Jennifer said.

And when it gets hard, she always comes back to one quote. “She turned her can’ts into cans and her dreams into plans.”
To view more of Jennifer’s work, click through the gallery below. You can also find her website by clicking here.

Do you know an artist (or are YOU an artist) who creates beautiful or thought-provoking work and whom you think should be featured on Mamamia’s Voulez-Vous Project? Send an email to caitlin.stower@mamamia.com.au.